Foundaton for refrigerator car tanks



.6. E. GILBRETH FOUNDATION FOR REFRIGERATOR GAR TANKS Dec. 22, 1931.

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FIG-5 INVENTOR FIG-6 ATTORNE Patented Dec. 22, 1931 UNITED STATES GEORGE EARLE GILIBRET'H, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS,

TO INDUSTRIAL PATENTS CORPORATION, OF

OF DELAWARE CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION FOUNDATON FOB REFRIGERATOR GAR TANKS Application filed January 27, 1931; Serial No. 511,481.

My invention relates to a novel type of blocking upon which to rest the ice and brine tanks of refrigerator cars, to hold them in position and avoid shifting.

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a type of blocking that is economical to construct and which will not require replacement during the life of the car.

Another object of my invention is to provide a type of blocking especially designed for and adaptable for use with the new type ice tank described and claimed in a copending application of Harry Henry McKee, filed in the United States Patent Ofiice on October 13, 1930, and therein designated by Serial Number 488,287.

My invention consists essentially in anovel arrangement of parts and details of construction as exemplified in the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, in which similar numerals of reference refer to similar parts in the several figures, and as more particularly hereinafter set forth, more especially in the claims appended here- Referring now to the drawings:

Figure 1 is a plan view of a base for a battery of four square tanks.

Figure 2 is a front view of the foundation shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section through AA of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a section through BB of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a section through C-G of Figure 1.

Figure 6 is a detail of the end fastening for the front angle.

In the drawings similar characters of reference' refer to identical parts in the several figures.

Referring now to Figure 1 which exemplifies the layout. Spacing blocks 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6, and end fillers 1 and 7 are provided to prevent shifting of the tanks. Spacers 2 and 5 are secured to the back tank strip 38 by carriage bolts 28 and 29. Spacer block 4 and filler blocks 1 and 7 are constructed to provide drain slots 8, 9,10 and 11 which appear as recesses on the blocks and as drain slots when the flat wall of the tank is in position flush with the projecting surfaces of the spacer blocks. It will be seen that theslots formed by the combination of the tanks with the spacer blocks permit the downward escape of moisture collecting on the sides of the tanks thus avoiding water logging and consequent deterioration of the spacer blocks. Equivalent slots are secured between the two tanks comprising each pair of the conventional battery of four tanks by using separate blocks at the front and rear, as rear spacer block 2 and front spacer block 3, and as rear spacer block 5 and front spacer block 6, providing an open space between the opposed ends of the front and rear blocks. Angle irons 12 and 13 are joined by tie rods 14 and 15. The tie rods are secured to angle iron 13 by riveting the tank angle to the tie rod butts at 16 and 17. Tie rods 14 and 15 are secured to angle iron 12 at 18 and 19 by appropriate nuts and lock nuts, and angle irons 20 and 21 are provided as rests for angle irons 12 and 13. Angleiron20 is bolted at 22 and 23 to tank stool 24. Angle iron 21 is bolted at 25 and 26 to tank stool 27. Tank stool 24 is secured to the car body by bolts 30 and 31. Tank stool 27 is secured to the car body by bolts 32 and 33. Straps 34 and 35 are held in position by welds as 39 to angles 20 and 21 and to anchor angle iron 12 by bolts 36 and 37. Front spacer blocks3 and 6 are made with projections 41, 42, 43, and 44 to prevent these blocks from working back on tie rods 14 and '15, between the tanks. Front strip 40 acts as a retainer forthe tanks, and prevents front spacer blocks 3 and 6 from working out. Since, as will be described, tie rods pass through these blocks, there can be no horizontal or vertical movement relative to the tie rods.

In constructing the foundation for a battery of tanks in a refrigerator car felt is first placed on the sides of the car, and before the sub-posts are put in place over the felt, carriage bolts 30, 31, 32, and 33 are inserted in holes in the bottomof the subposts. After the lining is completed, the tank st00ls'24 and 27 are fastened in place withthe bolts which have previously been placed in the sub-posts.

The tank stools have machine bolts 22,23, 25, and 26 driven from the bottom of the stools and extending above the stools for fastening the back angle 13'and the support angles 20 and 21. The front straps 34 and 35 on the tank support angles 20 and 21 are welded directly to the angles for fastening on the front angle 12. The back angle iron is fastened securely in place with machine bolts 23 and 25 through each end. Previous to the application of tank angle iron 13 the tie rods 1.4: and 15 have been riveted in place. The back tank strip 38 is put in place before the tanks are installed. After the tanks are all in place, the side tank fillers 1 and 7 are driven in. Before the front tank angle iron 12 is applied, tank spacing blocks 3 and 6 at the front are slipped over the tie rods lt and 15 and the front tank strip 4O is slipped over the rods being held in position by the tie rods, holes having been bored previously for this purpose. I The front tank angle 12 is placed in position with tank angle tie rods 14 and 15 and side tank angle support bolts 36 and 37 extending through the angle 12. When the job is completed, the tanks are held in rigid position. Impacts against the car in ordinary usage, such as switching, cause the tanks to shift against the supports and the anchorage of angle iron 12 by a perpendicular bolt to the stool would put the bolt in shear instead of direct tensionas shown and to avoid the consequent weakening to result from a perpendicular bolt it will be-noted that the bolt is placed in direct tension.

It will be understood that changes may be made in the details and construction of the foundation for refrigerator car ice and brine tank described, without departing from the spirit of my invention as defined in the claims which follow:

I claim:

1. In a foundation for'refrigerator car ice and brine tanks, spacer blocks provided with drain slots to permit the downward escape of .water collecting on the sides of the tanks.

2. In a foundation for refrigerator car ice and brine tanks, anchored strap members provided with an upwardly projecting flange bolted to the upwardly'extending wing of an angle iron disposed to retain the said tanks in a rigid position with reference to forward or backward movement of the car, said upwardly extending members held flush by a bolt at right angles thereto.

3. A foundation for refrigerator car ice and brine tanks comprising rigidly afiixed retaining members adjacent the end and side walls of the car, a front retaining strip adapted to be held firmly against said tanks by a retaining member affixed to the retaining v members adjacent the side car walls and connected to the retaining member adjacent the end car wall by anchored strap members, and

spacer blocks adapted to space said tanks with reference to each other and the side wall retaining members, said spacer blocks being constructed to provide drain slots to permit the downward escape of moisture collecting on the sides of said tanks.

4:. A foundation ator car ice and brine tanks comprising retaining members adjacent the end and side walls of the car, retainingmeans adapted to hold the tanks in fixed relation to said retaining members, spacer blocks adapted to separate the tanks from each other and from the side car walls ,andmeans to hold said retaining members and means, and said spacer blocks in fixed relationship, the whole being rigidly aflixed to the car to prevent shifting of said tanks relative to the car.

Signed at Chicago, Illinois, this 22nd day of January, A'. D. 1931.-

GEORGE EARLE' GILBRETH.

for a battery of refrigeri 

